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Pointal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, the pistil of a plant; an organ or viscus adhering to the fruit for the reception of the pollen. Its appearance is that of a column or set of columns in the center of the flower.

Pointal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The pistil of a plant.

2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.

3. See Poyntel.